Conservation Volunteers of St.Mellons & Trowbridge
Empowering the Community
The Conservation Volunteers of St.Mellons & Trowbridge is a community organisation dedicated to nature-oriented activities and conservation. The group engages residents in a variety of hands-on conservation activities to protect and improve the green spaces in St.Mellons & Trowbridge.
Activities include bulb/wild flower planting, woodland management, wildlife monitoring, vegetation cutting & fundraising. This type of volunteering gives people the opportunity to learn new skills, meet new friends, laugh and keep fit.
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Through partnerships with Park Rangers they work tirelessly to increase biodiversity, create wildlife habitats, and promote the educational use of the nature areas .
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C.V.S.T Events . .​​​​​​
​Sat 7th Feb 2026
Volunteer Event Cath Cobb Wood 10.00am - 12.00pm
Sat 21st Mar 2026
Volunteer Event Hendre Lake 10.00am - 12.00pm
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Sat 25th Apr 2026 Volunteer Event Hendre Lake 10.00am - 12.00pm followed by City Nature Challenge in the afternoon
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Sat 2nd May 2026 Volunteer Event 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Sat 27th June 2026 Hendre Lake Open Day
Sat 4th July 2026 Volunteer Event 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Sat 15th Aug 2026 Volunteer Event 1.00pm -3.00pm
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Other local Events . . ​​
Community Evening: Hedgehog Ecology and Volunteering Talk with PTES 6pm - 8pm
Event Diary 2026
Newsletter
The group newsletter provides news of recent months and information on forthcoming events.
Click to view our most recent newsletter
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Membership is FREE however we very gratefully accept donations through PayPal which will be used to help fund the voluntary group.
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Past Events . . . .
The shrill carder bee is one of the UK’s rarest bumblebees. It has declined sharply over the last century and is now only found in 7 areas in the UK one of which is the Gwent levels which includes the flower rich habitats of Trowbridge & St.Mellons.
Hendre Lake Green Hay Trial
24th & 25th July 2025
Following recent wildflower surveys at Hendre Lake it was noticed that the two small meadows to the West of the lake were showing signs of improvement from previous years. It was decided that these meadows would present an ideal opportunity to test out the Green Hay method of seeding existing wildflower meadows.
